The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-27
Alvin JOslin as an Analytical
Study.
A FLOW OF NATURAL CAS-"
FIR. Davis and His Old and New
Venture-Zion's Musicai-AateEt
Amusement Notes.
Alvin Josiiu is q study.


followers dwelling through the work,
and then arise from it baff1ed to know
how so bad play could ever have betn
written.
It is not that thsfe is anything
harmful or immoral about it; if it had
strength enough for that, il might be
pardoned; it is simply its sheer in
anity; its purposelessness; its having
utterly no excuse for living, breathing
or remaining on earth that exasperates
one to behold it.
It is compared to josh Whitcomb in
some of the notices which we are re-
quested to believe originally appeared
in the New York Herald, Times, Tribune,
etc. Josh Wh.tcomb is by no means a
mas erpiece; but what Denman Thomp
son makes of it, and what Mr.. DAVIS
makes of ALVIN Joslin, can no more be
compared with one another than a
Salvation Army soiree can be compared
| to High Mass.
Il may seem singular to some people
that man who knows o well what a
good band is. should not be better &C
Quainted With what y bad actor is. 1t
is little puzzling. Sometimes we think,
frem the dreary, simiess way in which
| Mr.. Davis dreams through his play,
| that he is sort of misanthropiC mono
! maniac " no lives but to make sport of
I a hated public, and takes tins way of
! doing it. 1t is, however, more reason
| able to suppose that he IS madly enam-
| ored of the stage, and pOwerless to re-
! form that he knows if he depended on
his acting. his play or his company
| alone, the militia would have to be
called out; and that he accordingly sur
rounds himself with a clever company
| OF musicians, whose place it is 10 soothe
the pubic and quiet any riotous mani
| festaJions that might be caused after
witnessing the play and he actors.
Mr.. Davis announces that this is toe
last season of Alvin JOslin, and that
hereafter he will be seen in a new play.
This eyinCes that he is not utterly lost
TO all sentiments of humanity. But it
is surely a needless step to make
change at this late day. Inasmuch as
it is not Mr.. Davis at all whom the
public come TO see. but his band $,
with Alvin Joaiin altogether,
unless, indeed, he would consent TO get
down into the orchestra, and allow the
band to have the stage. This would be
more in keeping with the fitness of
things.
Whatever he does, We trust Mr.. Davis
viii not discard the court scene from
his p ay. This little episode ought to
be kept green as the one scene of SEN
sation8l drama where even the galleries
found their critical stomachs over
loaded, grInned at the villain and the
hero alike, and refused to be thrilled or
to be gulled into applauding. Uncle
Alvin is in the prisoners dock, and the
real murderer, disguised in a short
beard, is swearing Uncle Alvin stabbed
the girl. This court instruGts the bailiff
to go out anu inquire whether the jury
have agreed on verdict; the jury, who
presumably have been receiving the
evidence by telephone, send back word
that Uncle Alvin is und ubtedly guilty.
The court thereupon sentences him to
be hung ofF-hand. Uncle Alvin's coun-
sci here insists that there must be some
mis-! axe, when Uncle Alvin possibly,
himself with grief mechanically takes
hole of the false witness beard. WheE
the beard comes off in his hand AID tue
real murderer stands exposed. He OF
knife, when q policeman who happens
TO be near by, shoots aim twice in the
he 5ls, VII reuDon he dies in great agony,
presume bly, from lockjaw. The court,
somewhat astonished az the irregularity
of these proceedings raps for order
when the curtain descends.
Ii may readily be seen that this little
scene is gem, reside which the bright
est of Mir. Davis jewels would lose
of its sparkle.
The audiences which the band drew
out yesterday afternoon and last even
ing were haggard to a degree. The
band should mutiny, put down the &C
tors and take the reIns Of government
into shsir own hands.
The theatre this week will be occupied
by two attractions, differing from the
run of the past few montns. The lee
ture of Prof. Charles H. Robinson on
ancient American races, illustrated b.
alleged to have been discov-
cred in Arizona, occurs Tomorrow
night, and should prove of strong inter-
est in this community. The prices !
have been reduced for the occasion |
The new musical absurdity, Natural |
jas," will be dole Tuesday anu |
Wednesday, evenings, with the follow
ng cast:
Kitty Malone ..-............M Miss Amy Ames !
J:mpsy .......-...... Miss Rachael Booth |
Daisy .............. Miss Katharine B. Howe
FiOssie. .......... Miss K&e Allen
II lie. .......-........h Miss Jessie Oyler
finger WhfpsaW .-.......-... John T. Craven
TobSon Doodle ........ Gus Henessey
Nhirlem O'RourEe .......... Eddie Girard |
Bluff. .....H Henry V. Donneuy
S0tS h. Howell. ..-...-:--. John ID Gilbert
The piece is the work of 81. Grattan
Oonnelly, and he boldly announces that
my one who finds any literary merit in
lis work will be prosecuted. All of the (
lively and popular music of the day is
and well sung. There is
lot membe of the cast that does not
deserve special notice, which We have
lot the space to give to day but will -:
lefer until later. All of the ladies are
'retty, with good voices, and dress with
aste. Taken as a whole the show is
ne of the best of its class, and should
ack Heuck to the walls all this week.
Cincinnati Enquirer Sept. Goth.
It is to be hoped the reports fare not J
rup which sneak NJ a aPk Of interest on I